Academic Appointments Isaac Stephens Assistant Professor of History Department of History Saginaw Valley State University 7400 Bay Road University Center, MI 48710 Tel: (989) 964-2465 E-mail: isstephe@svsu.edu Assistant Professor of History, Saginaw Valley State University, 2014-Present. NEH Long-Term Fellow, Henry E. Huntington Library, 2013-14. Full-Time Instructor of History, Auburn University, 2012-13. Visiting Lecturer of History, Appalachian State University, 2011-12. Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Dalhousie University, 2010-11. Research Assistant Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, 2008-10. Education Ph.D. in History, 2008, University of California, Riverside. Dissertation Title: Under the Shadow of the Patriarch: Elizabeth Isham and Her World in Seventeenth-Century Northamptonshire. Major Fields: Early Modern Britain, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, and Russia. M.A. in History, 2003, University of California, Riverside. B.S. in History, 2000, Western Oregon University. Publications i. Books The Gentlewoman s Remembrance: Patriarchy, Piety, and Singlehood in Early Stuart England (Manchester University Press, 2016). Co-Authored with Peter Lake, Scandal and Religious Identity in Early Stuart England: A Northamptonshire Maid s Tragedy (Boydell and Brewer Press, 2015). ii. Articles Confessional Identity in Early Stuart England: The Prayer Book Puritanism of Elizabeth Isham, The Journal of British Studies 50, no. 1 (2011): 24-47. 1
My Cheefest Work : The Making of the Spiritual Autobiography of Elizabeth Isham, Midland History 34, no. 2 (2009): 181-203. The Courtship and Singlehood of Elizabeth Isham, 1630-1634, The Historical Journal 51, no. 1 (2008): 1-25. iii. Book Reviews Katharine Hodgkin, ed., Women, Madness, and Sin in Early Modern England: The Autobiographical Writings of Dionys Fitzherbert (Ashgate, 2010); review in The Journal of British Studies 51, no. 1 (2012): 194-95. Fellowships, Prizes, and Honors NEH Long-Term Fellowship, Henry E. Huntington Library, 2013-14. Huntington Library Travel Grant, Henry E. Huntington Library, 2012. Department of History Research Grant, Appalachian State University, 2012. Research Development Fund Grant, Dalhousie University, 2011. Postdoctoral Fellowship in History, Vanderbilt University, 2008-10. History Department Dissertation Fellowship, UC Riverside, 2007-08. Best Graduate Student Essay Prize, Western Conference on British Studies, Albuquerque, November 2007. Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Studies Pre-doctoral Fellowship, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Fall 2007. Security Pacific Fellowship, Henry E. Huntington Library, Winter 2007. Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship, UC Riverside, Spring and Summer 2006. Humanities Research Grant, UC Riverside, Spring, 2006. Dissertation Research Grant, UC Riverside, Spring 2006. Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Washington Center [UCDC], Winter and Spring 2005. Studentship, Delmas Seminar on Paleography, Henry E. Huntington Library, Winter 2004. Humanities Research Grant, UC Riverside, Fall 2004. John Phillips Memorial Scholarship, UC Riverside, Fall 2004. Dean s Fellowship, UC Riverside, Fall 2001 to Spring 2003. 2
Teaching Experience At Saginaw Valley State University, Assistant Professor, Fall 2014-Present: HIST 100D, History Survey: World History to 1500 C.E. (5 Sections Total) HIST 100E, History Survey: World History Since 1500 (4 Sections Total) HIST 110, Problems in Modern History: History of London (2 Sections Total) HIST 111, Introduction to Historical Study (2 Sections Total) HIST 220, Survey of European History (2 Sections Total) HIST 331, Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1688 HIST 344, France: 1515-1815 HIST 363, The Renaissance, 1350-1515 HIST 364, Age of Reformation, 1515-1715 (2 Sections Total) HIST 390B, Special Topics: Martyrs of the English Reformation At Auburn University, Full-Time Instructor, Fall 2012 to Spring 2013: HIST 1010, World History I World History to 1750 (4 Sections Total) HIST 1020, World History II World History Since 1750 (3 Sections Total) HIST 3970, Martyrs of the English Reformation At Appalachian State University, Visiting Lecturer, Fall 2011 to Spring 2012: HIS 1400, World/Modern Empires (3 Sections Total) HIS 2314, European History, 1348-1799 (2 Sections Total) HIS 3535, Russia, 900-1881 HIS 3535, Martyrdom and Persecution in Early Modern England HIS 4100, Senior Seminar: Biography and Autobiography in Early Modern Britain At Dalhousie University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall 2010 to Summer 2011: HIST 2106, Tudor and Stuart England, 1485-1688 (2 Sections Total) HIST 3000, Crime and the Courts in Early Modern England HIST 3102, Martyrs, Persecution and Memory in Early Modern England HIST 4107, Life Writing: Biography and Autobiography in Early Modern England At Vanderbilt University, Research Assistant Professor, Spring 2009 and Spring 2010: HIST 200, The History Workshop (History Methods and Theory Course, 2 Sections Total) At the University of California, Riverside, Teaching Assistant, 2002-07: Service HIST 10, World History, 8000 BCE to 1500 CE (6 Discussion Sections Total) HIST 15, World History, 1500 to 1900 (10 Discussion Sections Total) HIST 20, World History, Twentieth Century (16 Discussion Sections Total) Board Member, Faculty Association Executive Board, Saginaw Valley State University, January 2016- Present. Co-Leader (With Professor Jules Gekrke, Department of History, Saginaw Valley State University), Study Abroad Trip to England, Saginaw Valley State University, July 25-August 14 2016. 3
Faculty Advisor, History Club, Saginaw Valley State University, 2015-Present. Movie Nights with Lit Guy and History Dude: A Celebration of the Humanities (co-led with Professor Daniel Gates, Department of English, Saginaw Valley State University), Saginaw Valley State University, 2015-Present. Representative of History Department, Open House at Saginaw Valley State University, November 2015. Co-Leader (With Professor Jules, Department of History, Saginaw Valley State University), Study Abroad Trip to England, Saginaw Valley State University, May 2015. Closing Remarks, Phi Alpha Theta Initiation Ceremony, Saginaw Valley State University, December 2014. Peer-Reviewer, The Journal of British Studies, 2011-Present. Honors Committee, Department of History, Appalachian State University, 2011-12. Presentations (Given and Scheduled to Give) Drinking the Bitter Cup in Early Modern Britain: Making Martyrs and Understanding Contemporary Pluralism, Hoffman-Willertz Public Lecture, Saginaw Valley State University, March 2017 (Invited Talk). The Living Martyr and Clerical Ejections in Civil War London, Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Bruges, Belgium, August 2016. The Martyr, the Doctor, and the Preacher: Intra-Puritan Disputes and Clerical Ejections in London, British History Seminar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, April 2016 (Invited Talk). My Owne Books : The Public and Private Reading of Elizabeth Isham, British Literature Seminar, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, March 2016 (Invited Talk). Zachary Crofton s Presbyterian Lash: Confessional Conflict in a London Parish, North American Conference on British Studies, Little Rock, AR, November 2015. By Mr. Burton s Pen: The Clerical Ejection of a Godly Martyr in London, Midwestern Conference on British Studies, Detroit, MI, September 2015. Speaking like martyrs in a London parish: the case of Thomas Swadlin, Seminar: British History in the Seventeenth Century, Institute of Historical Research, London, UK, June 2015 (Invited Talk). For the Peace and Edification of the Church: The Moderation of Edward Reynolds, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Las Vegas, NV, March 2015. An Eternal Shame to Our Parish : Clerical Ejections in London during the Interregnum, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Riverside, CA, March 2014. 4
Playing the Martyr and the Martyrologist: Thomas Swadlin in Stuart London, Early Modern British History Seminar, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, September 2013 (Invited Talk). Truth Opened : Clerical Ejections and the Case of Henry Burton in Civil War London, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Berkeley, CA, March 2013. Martyr Speak: Thomas Swadlin and Clerical Ejections in Stuart England, North American Conference on British Studies, Montreal, Quebec, November 2012. Early Stuart London: Popular Politics and the Public Sphere of the Parish on the Eve of Civil War, 7 th Annual Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics, Boone, NC, April 2012. A Public Sphere of the Parish? The Case of Shoreditch in Seventeenth-Century London, British History Seminar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, February 2012 (Invited Talk). Whipped on Both Sides : The Ejection of John Squire and the Early Modern Public Sphere, North American Conference on British Studies, Baltimore, MD, November 2010. Piety and Religious Identity in Early Stuart England: The Prayer Book Puritanism of Elizabeth Isham, Seminar: British History in the Seventeenth Century, Institute of Historical Research, London, UK, May 2010 (Invited Talk). Sinners and Saints: John Barker and the Confessional Politics of Scandal in the 1630s, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Pomona, CA, March 2010. The Whole English Church Drinkes a Bitter Cup : John Squire and the Ejection of London Clerics in the 1640s, Western Conference on British Studies, Tempe, AZ, October 2009. Thou Art God All Sufficient : The Personal Piety and Confessional Identity of Elizabeth Isham, Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Los Angeles, CA, March 2009. The Courtship and Singlehood of Elizabeth Isham, 1630-34, Early Modern British History Seminar, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, April 2008 (Invited Talk). Emboldened by Saint Augustine: The Influence of the Confessions on Elizabeth Isham, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, March 2008. My Owne Books : Reading as an Active Agent in the Single Life of Elizabeth Isham, Western Conference on British Studies, Albuquerque, NM, November 2007. Worldly Estates or Love : The Courtship, Personal Piety and Singlehood of Elizabeth Isham, 1630-34, Early Modern Britain Seminar, Princeton University, October 2007 (Invited Talk). Imboldened by the Saint: Augustine s Confessions and Elizabeth Isham s My Booke of Rememberance, Elizabeth Isham at Princeton Workshop, Princeton University, September 2007 (Invited Talk). 5
Worldly Estates or Love : The Courtship of Elizabeth Isham, 1630-31, Early Modern Europe Seminar, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, October 2006 (Invited Talk). Worldly Estates and Love : Elizabeth Isham s Experience with Courtship and Marriage, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, University of California, Berkeley, April 2004. 6